Tuba, E-flat, high pitch
Date1911-1912 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model64
Serial No.15223
SignedEngraved on bell with banner and badge, surrounded by floral design: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT. MCR / 19,1901
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished engraving and bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 780 mm
Bell diameter: 380 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJohn Joseph Swain, A Catalog of the E-flat Tubas in the Arne B. Larson Collection at the University of South Dakota, Ph.D. Dissertation (East Lansing: Michigan State University, 1985), p. 228.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00112
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